Category Archives: Carl Sampson

The most popular game in the world

Posted on April 30, 2012 by pokersharkpool

Poker may not actually be the most popular game in the world, it’s a rather tricky title to give to one game or another, but it’s certainly one of the most frequently played. The game has always been popular, just … Continue reading →

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Its been a while but I am still alive and kicking

Posted on April 13, 2012 by pokersharkpool

It has been a while but I am still alive and have been concentrating on multi-tabling my usual NL100 full ring games. I have had to do something to chop and change my working week and for the first time … Continue reading →

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Time to get back to the wheel

Posted on November 20, 2011 by pokersharkpool

I realise that I haven’t been posting much lately but I haven’t been playing much poker either. I really think that the days are gone when I play poker full time and I simply do not want to do that … Continue reading →

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Why short stacking works

Posted on November 9, 2011 by pokersharkpool

Despite the fact that many online poker sites are/have increasing their buy-in levels from 20bb to 30-35bb then you may be forcing players to play more post flop poker but don’t think for one minute that you are deterring the … Continue reading →

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Earn rates are not conclusive

Posted on November 2, 2011 by pokersharkpool

I was asked something today by Richard at Top15Poker regarding the validity of earn rates. This is a fascinating topic because what exactly is an earn rate and how can we establish one in online poker games? Well let me … Continue reading →

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A tale of two philosophies

Posted on October 31, 2011 by pokersharkpool

The November Nine will soon be upon us again and does it only seem a year since the last time? I was talking to someone down at my local pub the other night who asked my opinion on the best … Continue reading →

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Taking your finger off the pulse in online poker

Posted on September 8, 2011 by pokersharkpool

Whenever you play online poker then you are in fact entering into a highly complex moving dynamic. You can find someone with a great earn rate over say 1 million hands but if those million hands have been compiled over … Continue reading →

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The Holy Grail is reached

Posted on January 6, 2011 by pokersharkpool

It has been ages since my last post but I need to make you aware that on the 29th December I passed the $10,000 mark with my $100-$10,000 challenge. I never ever want to do anything like this again as … Continue reading →

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Need to get Technical

Posted on November 5, 2010 by pokersharkpool

I think it is becoming pretty self evident that my blog will not be a daily one. I have been really trying to become more active on my blog but my workload is just seeing me slip time after time. … Continue reading →

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Blast from the past

Posted on October 19, 2010 by pokersharkpool

One of my former backers came looking me up this week and asked me if I were still interested in playing the $25-$50 levels and if I thought that there was any value in them. It is always nice to … Continue reading →

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